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3.00 Credits
Different ways of writing about people, culture, and society in past and present times. Readings include anthropological works as well as works of fiction that represent people and the times, places, and circumstances in which they live. Students conduct and write about their own ethnographical observations.
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A survey of classic and contemporary ethnographies of the "developing" world and of interventions that seek to "develop" these places and peoples. We consider anthropology's uncomfortable proximity to development as an instrument of rule; debates between Gramscian, Foucauldian, Postcolonial, and Liberal perspectives; and new directions in the theory and ethnography of global flows (networks, translocal technological zones, shadow states and economies, counter-movements, and de facto sovereignty regimes).
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3.00 Credits
Everything humans do is framed by assumptions about what is real, important, enduring, etc., assumptions that already are implicit in the language they use. When they assess situations, establish priorities, interpret social settings, identify the significance of their affairs, or conceive of a meaningful past, humans employ such assumptions. Sometimes they do so consciously, but often they make these assumptions unthinkingly, uncritically. In this course, we read recent works-journal articles as well as monographs-on the imaginative "worlds" of people in various social settings, to consider how these "worlds" are constituted and how they are reiterated and reinforced in social practice. We also refer back to the classic works in sociocultural anthropology to remind ourselves of the various ways of approaching the comparative study of social practices. Prerequisite: junior standing, two social science courses, or permission of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
Discussion of dating techniques (C-14, K-Ar, U-Th, ESR, PSL, TL, dendrochronology, etc.); lithic dating analysis; magnetic survey and dating; remote sensing; elemental and residue analyses; and other technical methods employed in archaeological field research. Prerequisite: 3 credits in archaeology or permission of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
Method, techniques, and models for analyzing prehistoric ceramics. Students conduct hands-on analyses of collections from Cahokia Mounds and the St. Louis region. Prerequisite: Anthro 314, graduate standing, or permission of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
The purpose of this course is to provide students with an introductory, hands-on experience of the methods employed in the analysis of archaeological materials common to the Mississippian culture. Students conduct class projects based on collections from Cahokia Mounds and the St. Louis region. Prerequisite: Anthro 314 or equivalent, or graduate standing, or permission of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
Advanced laboratory and analytical techniques. Prerequisite: Anthro 4211 or permission of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
This course is designed for both undergraduate and graduate students in the anthropological, biological, and/or premedical sciences who wish to learn about human anatomy from various evolutionary, functional, developmental, and clinical perspectives. Lectures emphasize the organizational and developmental principles of various organ systems of the human body. The course also makes use of our extensive anatomy museum of labeled dissected human specimens as well as our cast collections of numerous specimens from the human fossil record where appropriate. Frequent use of X-rays, CT, and MRI scans also are used to help students visualize human anatomy from a number of different imaging modalities. Prerequisite: undergraduate or graduate students in the anthropological, biological, and/or premedical sciences must have had at least one course in physical anthropology and/or biology, or consent of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
Analysis of skeletal material recovered in human paleontological and archaeological excavations. The development of bone and major diseases that affect skeletal structure. Prerequisite: permission of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
A detailed consideration of the biological basis for variation in recent and past human skeletal anatomy as a framework for the interpretation of prehistoric human skeletal and fossil remains. Emphasis is placed on the structure, development, and degeneration of bones and joints, the soft tissues which impinge upon individual bones, and the biomechanical patterns relating to bone and joint structures. Prerequisite: Anthro 3661, 459, or permission of instructor.
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